Normandy Beach - 7th Street Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2975 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Normandy Beach - 7th Street, located 5 km away (3 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Normandy Beach - 7th Street blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Normandy Beach - 7th Street. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 40% of the time (10 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Normandy Beach - 7th Street

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